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Changing modes of Urban Governance under Fiscal Stress: Evidence from Six Cities in England and SpainIsmael Blanco, Autonomous University of Barcelona; Jonathan Davies, De Montfort University; Vivien Lowndes, Nottingham University

Transforming local democracy? Local innovations for increasing citizen influence and democratic legitimacy in Bristol and Mexico CityJoanna Howard, University of Bristol; Arturo Flores, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Assessing Local Activism as it Relates to Fiscal ScarcityLori A Riverstone-Newell, Illinois State University

I am Professor of Critical Policy Studies in the Department of Politics and Public Policy at De Montfort. My research interests span critical issues in governance, state theory, urban studies and public policy. I am currently working on a variety of projects on crisis, austerity governance and contestation. From April 2015 I will be leading an international consortium of researchers in an ESRC funded eight-case comparative study of austerity... Read More →